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I always had my basketball. So when I showed up at the playground, everybody knew what I wanted to do.
Street basketball is all about shakes and fakes, crossing your defender up. The NBA is more strategic.
For me, basketball was the way I was able to hone my leadership skills during the heat of competition.
Playing on the Clippers, that was the first time I really felt like I was like on an island by myself.
The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.
I feel like people believe I'm thinking a different thing than I am because I have this look about me.
It will be exciting to have my child share my career and to remember what I was like when I was young.
I believe that you should put the right people around you, people that will not let anything go wrong.
People need to see the authentic people that are still out there, the genuine people that really care.
We only put the negative black people on television. We don't put the good, hard-working black people.
I was a power dunker. I want to go straight up, put it down on somebody. I want everybody under there.
Liquid helium belongs to a class of fluids known as quantum fluids, as distinct from classical fluids.
When you get that signing bonus, don't start thinking about all the things you can do with $1 million.
Things didn't quite work out like we wanted them too, but... we still have you, and you still have us.
I believe in the Democratic party, and their philosophy and what they stand for - for the poor people.
Part of obedience to the Golden Rule is knowing how to respond once you've behaved in an unloving way.
I know what hard times are like. I didn't grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth. I've had struggles.
I was supposed to be in the NBA. I was supposed to travel the world and make the world a better place.
Everybody was calling. I think everybody called every player in the league. Thats history right there.
Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadership.
I know it's hard when guys leave the game. They're sitting there analyzing, and they're getting itchy.
I hated Duke, and I hated everything Duke stood for. Schools like Duke didn't recruit players like me.
I'm very humbled and honored. I'm very thankful to the Asian-American Community for all their support!
I'm still very much a West Virginia boy. I haven't forgotten my roots, because that's really who I am.
Knowing yourself, knowing where you want to get, combining those things gives you the pragmatic steps.
I don't need to think that I'm being loomed over my shoulder in order to behave in a way that's moral.
Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.
Too many people look on outscoring someone as winning, I never tried to get that across to my players.
Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.
With 300 million people in America, you can fail to impress 299 million of them and still go platinum.
I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow. I just know for sure I'm going to keep playing basketball.
You know, I'm just 6'9" and 260. And just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball.
That's crazy, because I had no idea what the word 'contraction' meant before I saw it on the Internet.
I never thought basketball was going to be my future. I just wanted to play because it gets you girls.
This building is like a book. Its architecture is the binding, its text is in the glass and sculpture.
You just believe in positive thinking. And you can do a lot more with the body than you think you can.
Seems like everybody wants to know if an athlete is on drugs, so you got to stay clear of wild people.
People think that just because you're a center, you're not as smart as the guards or the smaller guys.
This means a lot. I'm being recognized for all the blood, sweat and tears I put into a 17-year career.
I've never been a guy that's been salty about the shots I'm getting. I just try to play the right way.
When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don't want that feeling to go away.
That is one of my greatest strengths. I am not afraid to face challenges or any matchup in the league.
Growing up playing on the streets, you made your name by talking mess and getting into people's heads.
If you're joining the Knicks, there's expectations that follow that; there's a lot that comes with it.
I have never been one to seek or want attention or admiration or a pat on the back for what I've done.
The one opinion that experience does for you is it keeps you cool, calm, and collected under pressure.
I remember the night in December 2005 when the Bulls retired my number and will never, ever forget it.
Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain't nothing but a sandwich.
Some people might say my coming out after just winning the MVP award is heroic, and I understand that.